Geir competed in four Paralympics, competing in two different sports medaling in both. His first games in 1988 he competed in the swimming events, winning a silver in the 100m breaststroke behind Australian Greg Hammond in a new world record time, he also swam in the 100m freestyle finishing fourth and the 200m medley finishing fifth. At the 1992 Summer Paralympics Geir broke the games record to win the gold in the 100m breaststroke and finished seventh in his heat of the 100m freestyle, he also competed on the track winning a silver in the 100m, finishing fourth in the 200m and 400m. At the 1996 Summer Paralympics Geir competed in just track and field winning three silvers in the 100m, 200m and 400m. Geir also competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics competing in the same three events he failed to make the final in the 100m and 200m and could only manage seventh.[1]
geir, sverrisson, paralympic, athlete, from, iceland, competing, mainly, category, sprint, events, medal, recordtrack, field, athletics, representing, icelandparalympic, games1996, atlanta, metres, 461996, atlanta, metres, 461996, atlanta, metres, 461992, barc. Geir Sverrisson is a paralympic athlete from Iceland competing mainly in category TS4 sprint events Geir Sverrisson Medal recordTrack and field athletics Representing IcelandParalympic Games1996 Atlanta 100 metres T45 461996 Atlanta 200 metres T45 461996 Atlanta 400 metres T45 461992 Barcelona 100 metres TS4SwimmingRepresenting IcelandParalympic Games1992 Barcelona 100 metre breaststroke SB91988 Seoul 100 metre breaststroke A8Geir competed in four Paralympics competing in two different sports medaling in both His first games in 1988 he competed in the swimming events winning a silver in the 100m breaststroke behind Australian Greg Hammond in a new world record time he also swam in the 100m freestyle finishing fourth and the 200m medley finishing fifth At the 1992 Summer Paralympics Geir broke the games record to win the gold in the 100m breaststroke and finished seventh in his heat of the 100m freestyle he also competed on the track winning a silver in the 100m finishing fourth in the 200m and 400m At the 1996 Summer Paralympics Geir competed in just track and field winning three silvers in the 100m 200m and 400m Geir also competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics competing in the same three events he failed to make the final in the 100m and 200m and could only manage seventh 1 References Edit Geir Sverrisson Paralympic org International Paralympic Committee External links EditGeir Sverrisson at the International Paralympic Committee nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Icelandic athletics and track and field is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an Icelandic swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a Paralympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geir Sverrisson amp oldid 1159024998, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
